Women's Day at the Capitol (aka Hartford)

A great time guaranteed! This event is free and open to all! 
PS Wear a red jacket...I don't know why.

Permanent Commission
on the Status of Women
hosts

Women’s Day at the Capitol

“Journalism & Gender:
When Women Report on
Politics and Public Policy”

Wed., March 12, 2014

9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Legislative Office Building, 
Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT

A panel discussion moderated by Susan Campbell (@campbellsl) and Q&A with several of Connecticut’s leading female political reporters including:

• Christine Stuart, CT News Junkie, @ctnewsjunkie
• Sue Haigh, Associated Press, @SusanHaighAP
• Lucy Nalpathanchil, WNPR, @LucyVN
• Angela Carter, Digital First Media, @ReachAngi
• Jeni Frank, CT Mirror, @JeniferBethFran
• Daniela Altimari, The Hartford Courant, @capitolwatch
  …and others.

Schedule of the day:
9:30 a.m. Coffee & Networking – LOB 2nd Floor Atrium
10 a.m. Greetings from Constitutional Officers & Presentation of High School Essay Contest Winners
11:00 a.m. “Journalism and Gender” Panel Discussion, Moderated by Susan Campbell
Download and share our event flyer.

Questions? Contact michelle.noehren@cga.ct.gov

There are new security protocols at the Legislative Office Building so build in extra time this year to make sure you get through security and to the event on time.

In Case You Missed It: from DailyKos

Unite Against the War on Women

[...]
New Group Poised to Challenge “War on Women”
• Virginia legislators recently tried to enact an invasive, mandatory “trans-vaginal ultrasound” measure for women seeking abortions.
• In Mississippi, lawmakers took a cue from Virginia and are now pushing the same type of regressive, restrictive legislation.
• Texas Governor, Rick Perry, has decided to deny funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers under the Texas Women’s Health Program.
• Some presidential candidates want to end Medicaid funding and turn it into state-by-state bloc grants.
• Personhood legislation and amendments are being actively pushed through state legislatures in attempts to criminalize contraception and family planning.
• State laws regarding voter registration designed to suppress voter turnout especially among poor women, seniors and minorities are already in place and spreading.

A new and growing movement called Unite Against The War On Women is poised to push back on measures like this, with protest marches and rallies across the country on Saturday, April 28.

Join us - Saturday, April 28th as we say NO WAY/NO HOW to these attempts to dictate our personal decisions, our bodies, our health choices, and our families.

The newly-minted organization has garnered almost 20,000 members nationally in less than two weeks in the wake of of Virginia’s “trans-vaginal ultrasound” bill and other pending legislation.

JOIN US - SHARE - PASS THE WORD - WE WILL NOT BE SILENT

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Questions? send an email to unitewomenconnecticut@gmail.com    or    ctFreeRadicals@gmail.com  
sign up at WeAreWomenMarch.net

Chris Murphy and Womens Health

On Friday January 6th Congressman Chris Murphy hosted a forum in Hartford, with a panel featuring the following Connecticut leaders concerned with women's health care:

• Dr. Kristen Zarfos - Director of the Comprehensive Breast Health Center at St Francis Hospital & Medical Center in Hartford
• Jenny Carrillo - Sr Vice President, External Affairs & Organizational Effectiveness, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England 
• Rresentative Betsy Ritter - House Chair of the Public Health Committee in the State Legislature
• Teresa Younger - Executive Director of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
• Christian Miron - Executive Director of NARAL ProChoice Connecticut

It is interesting that Chris Murphy, who I support in his current campaign for US Senate, is such an outspoken advocate for women's health care. His unwavering support for women's rights and the needs of families has distinguished him as someone who fully understands the view from "down on the street".

I also liked State Representative Betsy Ritter noting that there needs to be a focus on Science rather than Rhetoric, where real information discredits untruths.

One hour and 19 minutes, courtesy of CT-N:

Women's Health Forum: in Hartford - FREE

Raising Women's Voices Community Conversation

Location:

The Studio

Cost: 

FREE

Oct. 26: Raising Women’s Voices: Byllye Avery
Join Avery, a noted healthcare activist, along with
Teresa Younger and CT State Healthcare Advocate
Victoria Veltri, in a community conversation: “Health
Reform: What’s in it for You?”; Studio at Billings Forge,
Hartford; 5:30-7 p.m.

Health Reform - What's in it for you?
Women celebrated the historic accomplishment of enacting the new health reform law that can help us gain access to quality, affordable health care.
Join us for a community conversation about what women are getting from health reform with special guest speakers:
Byllye Y. Avery, Raising Women’s Voices & long time health care activist              
Teresa Younger, CT Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
Victoria Veltri, CT State Healthcare Advocate
Sponsored by Raising Women's Voices, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England and the CT Permanent Commission on the Status of Women

Duh.

 

New Pew Report Points to Gender Disparity in Jobs Recovery; In Sluggish Economic Recovery, Women Fare Worse than Men

A new report from the Pew Research Center highlights gender disparities in the rates men and women are gaining and losing jobs in the recession. Although men lost more jobs in the first two years of the financial implosion, the second wave of layoffs has hit women much harder.

“From the end of the recession in June 2009 through May 2011, men gained 768,000 jobs and lowered their unemployment rate by 1.1 percentage points to 9.5%,” the report says. “Women, by contrast, lost 218,000 jobs during the same period and their unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 8.5%.” The Pew Research Center report, authored by senior researcher Rakesh Kochhar, is based on an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.  

“This trend is important to track because it breaks with historical recovery patterns and may have a significant impact on women’s overall ability to gain financial security as the nation moves out of the recession,” said Teresa C. Younger, executive director of The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW), a research and policy arm of the General Assembly. “This is the first time since 1970 that women have fared worse than men in the years immediately following an economic downturn. Female employment in state government seems to be the exception; women have added jobs in this sector. But it’s of concern to us that in fields not traditionally populated by women and where women have made strides, such as manufacturing and finance, they are losing jobs at a faster rate. The PCSW is paying attention to this national trend and will be watching to see its impact, if any, on Connecticut women.”

Link to the Pew Research Center Report: “In Two Years of Economic Recovery, Women Lost Jobs, Men Found Them”

Previously noted:  June, 2011 post